Wing Commander Leslie Reading

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Service number O5879
Birth Date 14/08/1925
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Meckering
Death Date 26/05/2013
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 77 Squadron
Place Meckering
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Korea, 1950-1953
  • Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966

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    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951. FLYING OFFICER LES READING, RAAF PILOT WITH NO. 77 SQUADRON CLIMBS FROM ...

    IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1951-04. FLYING OFFICER LES READING, PILOT OF NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF, DURING ...

    Flying Officer (FO) Les Reading DFC of Cunderdin, WA, waits in the cockpit of his Vampire jet ...

    Flying Officer Les Reading DFC of Cunderdin, WA and Pilot Officer Reg Jones of North Sydney, NSW, ...

    78 Fighter Wing RAAF pilots Flying Officer Les Reading, DFC of Cunderdin, WA and Sergeant Barry ...

    Two pilots of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF shown after landing from a gunnery flight at the RAF Armament ...

    Two pilots from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF pictured with two New Zealand pilots at the RAF station in ...

    Four pilots of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF inspect one of the new monograms painted on one of the Wing's ...

    Pilots of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF watch while fellow pilot Flying Officer Les Reading DFC of ...

    Two of the pilots from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF who will fly Vampire aircraft in formation in the RAF ...

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Date of birth 14/08/1925
Date of enlistment 14/08/1943
Date of discharge 25/02/1976
Date of death 26/05/2013

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